Philosophy in Media Fellowship Application

The application for the 2025 Philosophy in Media Fellowship is now open!

Applicants must fill out the application below and submit a CV and Cover Letter (1-2 pages).  Please watch the video for instructions or read the instruction details below.

Cover letter must contain specific information to be competitive. Special consideration will be given to applicants whose professional or public-facing work focuses on race and racism, social justice, applied ethics of biology, technology, or other special sciences, and to applicants who are affiliated with HBCUs, Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribal colleges/universities, or underserved/under-resourced smaller regional or state schools. Please let us know in your cover letter if any of these research categories apply to you and if your research area will be informing the work you plan to do if chosen. The aim of this program is to find future public philosophers and for them to learn from the best. In your cover letter, we want to see evidence that you are committed to becoming a public philosopher and will execute a plan. To that end, in the cover letter, please include the following information:

1. What you plan to write/speak about: Is there a specific set of topics you’d like to cover? Are there specific views you want to get out there? Or do you want to cover something more broadly, like current events or something more timeless? Is there a certain approach you want to take, like bringing long-form, narrative journalism to philosophy? What do you want to do in the public space?
2. People or works that inspire or serve as models for you: Please include names of role models, pieces of writing, or podcasts that you want to learn from, emulate, or admire that inspire you to want to engage with public-facing work. It can be specific articles, figures, magazines, or podcasts, etc. This gives us an idea of what you’re reading, who you’re listening to, and what kind of voice you want to develop.
3.  Aspirational plans/goals: Do you have a 1-year, 3-year, 5-year plan? If not a plan, what are your goals and how would you like your public scholarship to unfold? These don’t have to be ambitious, but they should be honest. There’s value in doing both a lot and a little of public philosophy, as there is value in doing both national/international and local/regional/niche work.

Applications close Friday, February 21st, 2025.

See more FAQs HERE.

If you have questions or concerns about the application process, please contact Kori Hensell at kori@marcsandersfoundation.org.

Fellowship Application